I suggested starting another thread on this, so I might as well go ahead and do it. If anybody hasn't read it yet, this is stemming from the "interconnects thread", and relates to (among 1000 other topics) music performance from a DVD player.
I'm using a JVC DVD-A player (damned if I can remember which model), a soon-to-be-replaced Technics single tray CD player, and the Arcam AVR100. Speakers are M40s and VP150 across the front, M3s in the rear, and an AX500a for bass.
The Technics was collecting dust in my closet until I went to Peak Audio in Halifax to audition (and ultimately buy) the Arcam receiver. It was suggested to me that even the lowliest CD player would be better than a DVD player for 2-channel music. This was demonstrated to me in the store, and I confirmed this with my own components later at home. Even the lowly 15-year-old Technics outperformed the DVD player in analog, and it's rapidly dying (the tray opens properly about 30% of the time).
Have people found the opposite to be true with their setups?
